I'm launching a new feature this month entitled «Roadblocks to Job Search Success» to contain much of my often - discussed advice for common issues
faced by job seekers.
As CEO of a firm that specializes in placing new college grads in entry - level positions, I know well the challenges
faced by job seekers in penetrating this market.
The infographic below, created by Rake, outlines some of the challenges
faced by job seekers today.
The second most common reason for gaps in employment history is
faced by job seekers with disabilities, illness, or family - related issues.
Well, this scenario is commonly
faced by job seekers and here's some advice on what to do about it.
Not exact matches
The company, officially acknowledged
by the SEC, focuses heavily on quality of investments, returns and trust with their investors, which flies in the
face of the worrying statement
by Fortune that «now anybody can try being a venture capitalist» under the new rules set
by Title III of the
JOBS act, allowing anyone to raise up to $ 1 million through crowdfunding.
But there's a problem: Coders
face the same existential crisis as any other worker whose
job is threatened
by tech.
Make sure your staff has smiles on their
faces (and in their voices)
by equipping them with the knowledge and tools they need to do their
jobs effectively and efficiently.
The companies that incentivize those employees
by recognizing the challenges they
face are going to do a better
job of maintaining a happy, long - lasting workforce.
About a quarter of U.S. workers in the technology sector, which has
faced criticism for a lack of diversity, said they felt discrimination at their workplace in a survey released on Tuesday
by job site Indeed.com.
Currently at 62, it could rise as high as 67 as employers,
facing a declining workforce, reach out to their older workers and make it more appealing for them to stay on the
job, according to a 2012 commentary
by the C. D. Howe Institute.
Immigrants who avoid ICE
face the possibility of exploitation
by employers: A 2008 survey from the National Employment Law Project found that 51 % of all undocumented workers in New York City were underpaid
by more than $ 1 per hour, and 47 % said they were required to work after sustaining an injury on the
job.
This means that when they step into management
jobs, they already focused on managing
by performance and achievement rather than
face time, because they've never lived in a world where butt - in - seat time was the way lots of people managed.
I had what I considered a relatively substantial student loan (which is dwarfed
by the average student debt young professionals currently
face), and a
job I didn't exactly love.
A
job loss is the second-most common financial hardship people
face, according to a survey
by the Federal Reserve Board.
One of the biggest challenges veterans
face when separating from the military and entering the civilian
job market is translating their military skills into skills recognizable
by their civilian counterparts.
The process begins when Amazon's legions of recruiters identify thousands of
job prospects each year, who
face extra screening
by «bar raisers,» star employees and part - time interviewers charged with ensuring that only the best are hired.
In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities
by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the
job market, with lower - wage, minority workers
facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).
Second, the biggest form of financial risk
faced by most workers is
job loss, which is lower for employees of worker - owned firms than most other firms.
Since 2002, almost 250,000 manufacturing workers have lost their
jobs because of the high dollar and our huge and growing trade deficit with developing Asian countries. Many are older workers who will typically
face a long stretch of unemployment, followed
by employment in a new
job at much lower wages.
Alberta is
facing what can only be described as unnecessary economic hardship that has been orchestrated
by our own government's creation of a
job - killing carbon tax that has yet to produce any net positive results.
Exacerbated
by this, young Puerto Ricans
faced with limited
job prospects have left the island in droves to come to the mainland, where they can live and work without having to obtain a visa.
By comparison, most of us won't
face losing our
job if our investment returns fall short of the «average» investor.
Newspaper reporters in particular
face a shrinking
job market; the BLS estimates a 6 %
job decline in the industry
by 2020.
Canada wants to preserve auto - sector manufacturing
jobs in Ontario
by ensuring that Chinese - made parts in Japanese cars do not displace Canadian parts, but it is ironic that both Korean and European manufacturers are enjoying a phase - out of Canadian auto tariffs while Japanese companies, which have invested in Canada, still
face a tariff barrier.
For starters, China is about to experience a massive crisis in caring for its elderly — a task traditionally undertaken in Chinese culture
by one's children, but impossible when there aren't enough children to do the
job, Moreover, the pampered survivors of the one - child policy, often referred to as the «little emperor generation,» aren't going to easily forget that it's all about me as they
face the challenge of inter-generational responsibility.
Faced with serious financial loss — house,
job, divorce, (yeah,
by that point, all either party cares about are money and ownership, aka «custody,»)-- WATCH OUT!
Taking at
face value the unproven preached out
by people who sell the word of God as their day
job.
OMG Even our foods are day
by day became more artificial to
face increasing market demand rather than increasing farm lands and production globally to assist avoiding the famine and that way they created
jobs, hopes and fed with out being effected
by global changes as a hungry man is an angry man!
We
face, in effect, a modern version of the Penal Laws, the legislation which for well over a century systematically excluded Catholics from public life
by requiring them to publicly deny various parts of the Faith or to take Communion in the Anglican Church before they could hold certain
jobs.
In The Stand, King's magnum opus — or at least his best book, since he would probably give the magnum - opus nod to his bloated, interminable seven - volume Dark Tower saga — the survivors of a global superflu
face off in an apocalyptic battle royale, but the superflu itself is an entirely human creation, a dark thing conjured up
by the just - doing - our -
job good men in the U.S. military and released into the world
by simple human error.
Winner does a masterful
job of providing images and stories with which to understand «the middle» — a
face jug lost in the divorce, a pie social at church, a protest at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, an elderly couple sharing communion, a Purim celebration, a prayer, a poem, a bookstore in Machester -
by - the - Sea.
Here, however,
Job faces a contradiction between the friends» argument that a covenantal relationship is «defined
by humility and passive acceptance of the misfortunes God may use to discipline him,» and God's approbation of
Job for his other covenantal virtues, «including strong words and fierce resistance.»
Respected
by both sides, Sitake
faces the
job of improving the talent level at BYU, either as an independent or something else.
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by all but Chelsea vs Manchester United divides opinion Diego Simeone wants Prem
job after snubbing Chelsea: Roman Abramovich could try again to get his man Sergio Aguero
facing Man City axe: 110 % striker set for summer sale as Pep eyes La Liga goal - machine and African forward
Mata has struggled for playing time, Herrera is
facing fierce competition from Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic and Marouane Fellaini in midfield, Young continues to show his versatility
by doing a commendable
job at left - back while Blind has been crowded out.
The
job facing them will not be made any easier
by the fact that the first of the four teams to
face them are current league leaders, Liverpool.
The scenes were pretty grim with police forcing them back and broken bottles being thrown at Arsenal fans, but I think the police did a very good
job of holding them off, though they were probably a bit overwhelmed
by the amount of trouble they came to
face (I am sure you have seen various videos circulating).
«Well, when you do not get the result, it's part of our
job,» Wenger said, as quoted
by Arsenal's website, when asked about how he aims to lift his side for the
face - off.
Looking at this creepy
face on my site and trying to breathe through it, find the humor in it (never got there) or discover the bigger message for me at hand --(has my focus on my children and how best to mother them been hacked
by my 50 hour - week
job?)
What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much of the time, anticipating people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the
face of adversity; not vulnerable to approach
by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in
jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect
It would be nice to think that there would be one book / source / expert who has «all the answers» on how to raise children (because, let's
face it, it's a tough
job made tougher
by the fact that there aren't a lot «right» answers to many of the questions it raises) but I agree that there is no one - size - fits - all approach.
«It's proving to be one of the best and quickest ways to help young unemployed people into
jobs in the
face of a frequent reluctance
by employers to hire someone with little or no experience.»
«We have worked side
by side over the years to tackle some of the biggest issues we
face, from improving our infrastructure to expanding health care coverage to creating good - paying
jobs and transforming our economy.
A new report from FPI looks at the importance of
jobs in the nonprofit health care and social assistance sector in New York City, and examines how the hardships
facing the city's low - income population — the main constituency served
by the nonprofit human services sector — have grown in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008 - 2009 and the weak recovery over the past three years.
«Over the last few years we have seen countless public sector IT contracts fail, such as the delivery of tax credits, and the level of services provided
by departments reduced in the
face of massive
job cuts,» said general secretary Mark Serwotka.
He said more work visas being issued could potentially be part of a reform measure he would support, but at a time when the nation is
facing 10 percent unemployment, Phillips said visas should only be issued for
jobs that can not be filled
by an American.
DeFrancisco — a 23 - year Senate veteran praised
by Democrats and Republicans alike for intelligence and toughness but seen
by some as disengaged — decided to seek Skelos»
job after it became clear Friday that Skelos and his son, Adam,
faced arrest as soon as Monday on public corruption charges after a long investigation
by US Attorney Preet Bharara.
We're sympathetic to the dilemmas
faced by ministers, but ultimately their
job is to make the right decisions; we're a squillion times more sympathetic to those who feel they've got a raw deal.
The Unite general secretary hit out at the «hysterical smear campaign»
faced by the unions after claims that Stevie Deans, chairman of the Labour party in scandal - hit Falkirk, was using his
job at Grangemouth to campaign for Labour.